كَم رَأَينا مِن أُناسٍ هَلَكوا

كَم رَأَينا مِن أُناسٍ هَلَكوا

فَبَكى أَحبابُهُم ثُمَّ بُكوا

فَبَكى أَحبابُهُم ثُمَّ بُكوا

How many people have we seen perish!

How many people have we seen perish,

So their loved ones wept, then were themselves wept for.

Then their loved ones wept, and then wept again.

تَرَكوا الدُنِّيا لِمَن بَعدَهُم

تَرَكوا الدُنِّيا لِمَن بَعدَهُم

وَدَّهُم لَو قَدَّموا ما تَرَكوا

وَدَّهُم لَو قَدَّموا ما تَرَكوا

They left the world to those who came after them.

They left this world for those after them,

They wished they had sent ahead what they left behind.

If only they had given what they left behind.

كَم رَأَينا مِن مُلوكٍ سوقَةً

كَم رَأَينا مِن مُلوكٍ سوقَةً

وَرَأَينا سوقَةً قَد مَلَكوا

وَرَأَينا سوقَةً قَد مَلَكوا

How many kings have we seen become commoners!

How many kings have we seen led in shackles,

And we have seen commoners who had become kings.

And we have seen those in shackles become kings.

قَلَبَ الدَهرُ عَلَيهِم وَرِكاً

قَلَبَ الدَهرُ عَلَيهِم وَرِكاً

فَاِستَداروا حَيثُ دارَ الفَلَكُ

فَاِستَداروا حَيثُ دارَ الفَلَكُ

Time turned its hip against them,

Time turned its wheel upon them,

So they turned wherever the celestial sphere turned.

And they cycled where the stars cycle.